Family Life Ministry
Does your congregation need ministry support in the areas of discipleship, outreach to families, single parents, and older adults, and retaining youth & young adults?
Consider the "home-centered, church-supported" model of discipleship, as promoted by Director of Christian Education and Family Life Educator, Ben Freudenburg.
As he writes in his book, The Family Friendly Church, "The more the church helps equip homes for their role in the community, the more homes make an impact on that community and the greater influence Christ has in the world. The church shapes the homes, and the homes impact the people who live in the community. In this model, the church is poised to impact the world through faith-shaping homes."
FREE RESOURCES
Consider the "home-centered, church-supported" model of discipleship, as promoted by Director of Christian Education and Family Life Educator, Ben Freudenburg.
As he writes in his book, The Family Friendly Church, "The more the church helps equip homes for their role in the community, the more homes make an impact on that community and the greater influence Christ has in the world. The church shapes the homes, and the homes impact the people who live in the community. In this model, the church is poised to impact the world through faith-shaping homes."
FREE RESOURCES
- View a brief introduction to what "home-centered, church-supported" ministry can look like in a congregational setting here (slideshow presentation).
- Summer Family Ministry Resources (including Backyard VBS, Service Fair, and more)
- A "parent & pastor as partners" Confirmation curriculum, based on the CPH publication Keeping the Faith, by Terry Dittmer